# technical
## English
### Etymology

From Late Latin technicus +‎ -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɛk.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛk.nɪ.kl̩]
* (Southern US, nonstandard) IPA: /ˈtɛt.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛt.nɪ.kl̩]
* (US, dialectal, informal) IPA: /ˈtɛ.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɛ.nɪ.kl̩]
** Audio (Southern California):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/, [ˈtek.nɪ.kl̩]

### Adjective

technical (comparative more technical, superlative most technical)
* Specifically related to a particular discipline.
    Synonym: technic
    Particle physics uses the word spin in a technical sense.
** 2006, Asaf Darr, Selling Technology, page 94:One example of the blurring of boundaries is the growing interdependence of social and technical skills. The sales engineers and the clients' engineers are all knowledge workers.
* Of or related to technology.
    Synonyms: technological, technologic
    Since the 1940s there had been many technical advancements, and a Mach 3 interceptor was no longer a mere pipe dream.
* (of a person) Technically minded; adept with science and technology.
    Kayla can probably get the printer working. She's technical like that.
* Relating to, or requiring, technique.
    Synonym: technic
    The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.
** 2015, Robert Dineen, Kings of the Road: A Journey into the Heart of British Cycling:Its design apparently made for interesting racing, with a challenging climb, technical bends and a finishing straight long enough to produce exciting sprints.
** Requiring advanced techniques for successful completion.
    technical climbing
*** 2014, Stephen C. Sieberson, The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler‎:It was a technical ascent involving ropework, belays, and protection, and the exposure was great, but there were abundant hand and footholds, and the rock was sound.
* (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
    The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.
* In the strictest sense, but not practically or meaningfully.
    Crossing the front lawn of that house to get to the mailbox was a technical trespass.

#### Antonyms

* non-technical, nontechnical

#### Coordinate terms

* (securities and other markets): fundamental

#### Derived terms

* aerotechnical
* agrotechnical
* ampelotechnical
* anthropotechnical
* biotechnical
* chief technical officer
* electrotechnical
* geotechnical
* histotechnical
* hydrotechnical
* hypertechnical
* medicotechnical
* nanotechnical
* overtechnical
* pharmacotechnical
* polytechnical
* pretechnical
* pseudotechnical
* psychotechnical
* pyrotechnical
* semitechnical
* sociotechnical
* subtechnical
* supertechnical
* technical analysis
* technical analyst
* technical area
* technical climbing
* technical college
* technical debt
* technical difficulty
* technical diving
* technical drawing
* technical group
* technicalia
* technicalism
* technicalist
* technicality
* technicalization
* technicalize
* technical knockout
* technical meaning
* technicalness
* technical pen
* technical pencil
* technical school
* technical sense
* technical sergeant
* technical skier
* technical skiing
* technical standard
* technical stop
* technical submission
* technical support
* technical tap
* technical tee
* technical term
* technical university
* technical week
* technical win
* technical writer
* technical writing
* techwear
* Treknical
* ultratechnical
* untechnical
* zymotechnical

#### Related terms

* technological
* technically
* technology

#### Translations
### Noun

technical (countable and uncountable, plural technicals)
* A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
** 2007 January 2, Jeffrey Gettleman, “After 15 Years, Someone’s in Charge in Somalia, if Barely”, in New York Times‎:“Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as ‘technicals,’ should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu’s old port,” he said.
* (basketball) Short for technical foul.
* (video games) A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
* Short for technical school.
* Short for technical course.
* Short for technical examination.
* (informal, countable, uncountable) Short for technical rehearsal.

#### Translations
### References

* “technical” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005
* "technical" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
* “technical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Further reading

* technical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* catchline, clean chit